Insect Gallery Walk

Often when beginning a new unit, I like to find out what students already know about the concept or what questions they have.  A fun way to do this is a Gallery Walk.  I glued 6 different pictures of Insects to chart paper and put them at tables.  The children each had a marker and walked around to the tables.  They wrote down what they noticed, what they know, what they think and what they wonder.  After we gathered together and read over some of the things written on the paper.  The boys and girls had a great discussion about insects.  We used these posters to talk about what all of these insects have in common and some of their characteristics.